The "cable television network" remark appears to be in reference to when Wojnarowski noted in an article last year that the Memphis Grizzlies' vice president of basketball operations John Hollinger once worked for a "cable sports company," or ESPN.

Wojnarowski responded to Elhassan with one simple tweet:

Based on some of his ensuing tweets, it looks like Elhassan may have been joking from the start:

Regardless of Elhassan's intentions, Wojnarowski didn't take kindly to being called out.